Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-23

Reginald.
! Remembering all that had passed on
/ the preceding Dight, with all g girls
natural desire TO please, sac had left
nothing undone to,render herself attrac-
| tive in her simple toilette-a white dress
that clung about her (but all her dresses
! had Way OF Clinging), and sleeves that
fell back from her snowy and taper arms,
and as she went along she gathered few
OF the flowers which she knew Lonsdale
/ admired, and smiled as she thought how
pleased ne would be with even such
/ trifirg gift from her hand, and Ct the
{ loving words with which he would meet
and greet her.
/ How well she loved him, and how her
heart yeerned for him; snd like every
other girl under the same pleasant cir
cumstances, she fei. certain that heaven
had designed and specially made them
/ for each other.
! But when she reached the place OF
meeting ne was not there.
1t we5 beautiful spot, with the river
/ flowing On one side, and shady vistes
through the Coppce OF the grand old
trees on the other. she waited and
and watched with growing anxiety and
surprise, yet be came not.
Could either of them have mistaken the
time, the place or the wsy thereto?
/ Could she have passed him? Impossible!
10th to return, to leave the loved spot
without meeting ard explanation, she
waited and watched, her fond heart boat
ing snxiousIy, for longer period than
she knew, till she looked at her watch,
and was astonisned to find that more than
an hour ard half had fed, and then she
was turning slowly, sadly ard lingeriDgly
q way, when she heard sounds-v0lces-
sounds that seemed to turn her to stone.
The blush OF health and anticipation
left her face; her lips grew white and e
kind Ct moan escaped them. Why?
She saw Montague Lonsdaie in boating
costume, with neck and arms bare, his
face bent over that Of g tall and handsome
girl. Could she doubt for 8 moment who
that girl was? Hilds Tremayn9-.hat
notorious firt ana coQuette, who had
= spoken Of him By his Christian name, ard
boosted 20 her Of their intimacy in India
-RIlda, with her bright gOldGn-brown
hair, her long lashes and sleepy yet allur-
ing hazel eyes, her full red lips, her
rounLed cheeks, graceful and yoluptuous
form.
He WIS bending over her, his hands, to
al appearances, CaTessinglY among he1
hair, while the boat in which they were
seated dritted swiftly with the downward
tide and current, I'll. it was borne out Of
sight 5y bend or reach Of TIRE river.
This was dreadful, ) crushing revela-
S ton to MeIsnie.
"Does he profess to love ne, and ye
meet her? He has duped me-betrsyeC
mel" muttered MelBuie. "Oh, can it be
SIS Aunt Chillington says, that sIl men
E soldiers, cspecially-aTe alike?"
All the terrible reputation OF Hildt
: Tremayne for coqUetTy, rushed upon be
: memory. 50 great was the shock tha
5 for @ time, ell power Of thought, Of sen
satiOn AMI yClitiOn, seemed 10 leave her
g snd she stood SIS if frozen TO stone, ar
0 angry convictions rushed upon her, wit
5 pain that amounted 10 agony and morti
j fCatiOn.
d Her slender hands were Clasped j
frontof her, the fingers inte7IaCed, %
G white palms turned outwsrds II tina
o mannerFwhich certainly tells Of the over
tension of the mind within, while he
e very features became hard and distOrte
d BY the weight of her thoughts IS she ben
Il her steps slowly hCmeward.
$ There, ere long, her detection, ever
IS her tears and abstraction, were detected
u and Gercely derided by Uncle GTimshS v
y who shrewdly suspected the Cause-tha
/ LOusdale mad resented the attentions G
y the barouet, even as host. ColiOund hi
y, military impudence 10 do SC.
u When taxed IS to all this, Melanis coul
- only weep in silence, which her unCl
V took Tor assent.
= "Weu," said he, with 3 mslevolent an
triumphant gin, 'iwhen you now sc
4 what horrid temper and Jealous spir
this military spark OF yours hiss, and th
- foul duplicity Of which he is capable, pc
hsps you will come 10 your senses, be II
. clned to ponder over my good advice
w and think better e the splendid tutul
=, now opening for you at RaTensbOurT
, Uall-eh?"
! "Sir Brisco might be my grsudfsthe
=, am g girl" said Melalna, with 8 shivt
n Of annoyance.
.c "ind Ike too many girls, don't kno
II your own mind, or what j. for your goot
Twenty thousand per anrum, ye God;
ID does not often get q refusal-~a'her MOI
le .hsn your 5eggarly AEglo-Ildian tell0
e. can Cff,r," ne continued, bitterly 81
ne coarsely. "YOU have been mad, l thin
lc for your own interests, end most Crlel /
# your brothers. Anyway, Just now, be I
st suaye as you can TO Sir BlsC0-kGCp hi
q in good temper"
=. 9TH Montague IS gone, he means
~ thought MeIanie, with IN emotion
scOTl
ii "If faiI TO do so?" she asked, slou,
l. "Fall Then you may ind, as be wi
" do, that there are plenty OF girls f.
; prettjer than you, who will gladly gj'
4 themselves in marriage for E20, 600
= year. TN sure ne viii make Z very il
nv dulgent and coed naJuTed husband
|, moreover, he mayp't live very lOrg-nt
y more than ten yesrs now, proba0l
ct Think CT RavepsbOuTne H2u, 6 house
or Mayfair, box at the opera, carriage
m horses, diamonds, and pin money TO al
ly amouut end compare all these with Il
old story of love IN = cottage, or WOr:
s still, s. wratched bungalow n scorchir
T, Indian cantonment! Itneed not come
y an engagement yet, only don't snuo S
- BrisCO, | say"
ep "StuI the selfish lire Of idessl" thong
n poor MelsiGe.
g "Bu! must Decline" she began.
"If YOU do, we may then see what '
he shall see-Dick beginning life as s sho
Ct boy and Reginald ending it in s hospital
~ interrupted Mr.. Grimshaw, and darling
m furious glance at the latter, he turned ,
" bis heel and withdrew, leaving the girl
Y, prey TO utter misery
IS Dick miSConstrued the cause OF Il
n grief: though the Latter got him of sol
je Of his tasks, German especially, viii